specifically, republican report blogger lee fong, a league of mine at the nation magazine asked him "are you planning to become a lobbyist?" no, schuler said. as of january 4th schuler is going to be a lobbyist. the chief lobbyist for the biggest electric utility in the country, duke energy of north carolina. duke's announcement said the job will not affect votes in his current job. it also said one of his top priorities will include tax policy on corporate dividends and that schuler right now is leaving curb negotiations on how and where to raise taxes. a federal bankruptcy judge paved the way for hostess maker of ding dong and ho hoes to dole out bonus to the top executives. judge robert drain made the point that these executives did not run the company into bankruptcy but should be rewarded if they do a good job winding down the business they went into bankruptcy after cutting into pension plans and the bakers union refused to take a pay cut. we'll be watching whomever ultimately biez the hostess brand. >>> cambridge university is studying the potential dangers of climate change, b